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St. Helena's used to be called Frogmore.  They're famous for a stew :)  Then
some hoity toity people got together and decided Frogmore was a horrible
name for the town, so let's rename it.

Anyway, I'm going to St. Helena on Monday.  And I'll leave you with this
famous stew of theirs, which, by the way, was concocted by slaves (although
not cat slaves) from the West Indies and whose ancestors still live there
and speak "gullah".  This makes for a nice picnic in the summer.  You're
supposed to use locally made sausage but any old smoked sausage will do.

Frogmore Stew

1 lb. smoked sausage
3 lbs. new potatoes, chopped
water and beer to cover
1 large sweet onion, chopped
1 large bell pepper, chopped
3 ribs celery, chopped
3 lbs. fresh shrimp, de-headed but unpeeled
6 fresh blue crabs
6 ears corn on the cob
a couple of lemons
shrimp & crab boil mix

Fill a large stew pot about 1/2 full with water and beer and bring to a
boil.  Squeeze lemon juice into the pot.  Add as much of the shrimp and crab
boil mix as you think is wise.  Cut the potatoes and the corn cobs into
chunks and add to the pot.  Cook about 10 minutes.  Add sausage, cut into
chunks; add onions, celery and bell pepper.  Cook about 10 minutes.  Add the
crabs and cook about 5 minutes.  Toss in the shrimp; cook about 3 minutes.
Drain the lot and eat, tossing the crab and shrimp shells and corn cobs into
a bucket in the middle of the table.

Jill